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Kevin Holland
Kevin Holland
26-13 · USA
VS
Gunnar Nelson
Gunnar Nelson
19-5-1 · ISL
March 22, 2025 · London, England, United Kingdom
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Kevin Holland def. Gunnar Nelson by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Holland19/370/110:08
Nelson5/91/102:55
R2
Holland17/230/000:29
Nelson3/61/503:22
R3
Holland19/290/000:27
Nelson7/91/403:12
Total
Holland55/890/111:04
Nelson15/243/1009:29

Scorecards

Holland vs Nelson

RdAnders OhlssonDarryl RansomDavid LethabyCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-8.9
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R39-109-109-109.4-9.6
Total29-2829-2829-2829.2-27.6

Media (14 cards) · avg 2927.9 · 13 Holland · 0 Nelson · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Holland-Nelson.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
HollandWin probabilityNelson
42.5%57.5%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
16%
Decision
63%
Expected fight time: 11.7 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Holland, blue toward Nelson. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Holland42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%31%23%
Submission4%10%8%
Decision25%59%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes49 (2066)act 55
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Nelson58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%14%8%
Submission12%20%26%
Decision38%66%20%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1138)act 15
Takedowns3.1 (0.07.2)act 3
Combined totals~77 sig strikes~3.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R117%
R213%
R37%
Distance63%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Holland
66.5%-206
Nelson
+20632.3%
Most takedownstie 9.5%
Holland
1.0%+8601
Nelson
-860189.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Holland
Expected: 48.8
49
Over 49
39.1%
+153
Exactly 49
1.0%
push
Under 49
59.9%
-153
062123
Nelson
Expected: 28.4
28.5
Over 28.5
39.6%
+153
Under 28.5
60.4%
-153
03671
Takedowns — over/under
Holland
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
5.1%
Exactly 0
94.9%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Nelson
Expected: 3.1
3
Over 3
41.3%
+107
Exactly 3
14.3%
push
Under 3
44.3%
-107
0510

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 11.7 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Holland42.5%45.4%−2.9+111
Nelson57.5%54.6%+2.9-133
By method
Holland by KO/TKO9.1%23.1%−14.0+262
Holland by submission6.7%7.8%−1.1+969
Holland by decision26.6%15.5%+11.1+441
Nelson by KO/TKO12.3%7.7%+4.6+980
Nelson by submission9.1%26.3%−17.2+218
Nelson by decision36.1%19.5%+16.6+328
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds83.1%59.2%+23.9-175
Over 2.5 rds70.2%44.7%+25.5+109
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision62.7%37.1%+25.6+153

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
67.3Striking63.8
Holland +3.6
46.1Grappling65.5
Nelson +19.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HollandNelson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1566
Pound-for-pound
1605
1552
Divisional
1592
1547
Striking offense
1435
1505
Striking defense
1536
1496
Grappling offense
1548
1488
Grappling defense
1564
Physical
32 yrs
Age
36 yrs
6'3"
Height
5'11"
81"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
4.14
Strikes landed / min
1.84
50%
Strike accuracy
61%
3.33
Strikes absorbed / min
3.00
50%
Strike defense
50%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.87
Takedowns / 15 min
1.90
42%
Takedown accuracy
59%
53%
Takedown defense
67%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
54%
UFC win rate
67%
-2
Win/loss streak
+2
20%
Last-5 win rate
60%
77%
Finish rate
80%
Recent opp. quality
63
Days since last fight
735
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kevin Holland
  • LReinier de RidderSUB R1
    Close +1162mo before
  • LRoman DolidzeKO/TKO R1
    Close -1486mo before
  • WMichal OleksiejczukSUB R1
    Close -30610mo before
  • LMichael PageU-DEC R3
    Close -1361y before
  • LJack Della MaddalenaS-DEC R3
    Close -1151y 6mo before
Gunnar Nelson
  • WBryan BarberenaSUB R1
    Close -3932y before
  • WTakashi SatoU-DEC R3
    Close -5593y before
  • LGilbert BurnsU-DEC R3
    Close -1055y 6mo before
  • LLeon EdwardsS-DEC R3
    Close +1206y before
  • WAlex OliveiraSUB R2
    Close -1556y 3mo before
Holland — win / loss by method
Record: 26-13-0, 1 NC

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
13 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
15% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 4 losses
W
35% of wins
L
31% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 7 losses
W
15% of wins
L
54% of losses
UFC
13win10loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
5 (38%)KO/TKO(20%) 2
5 (38%)Submission(30%) 3
3 (23%)Decision(50%) 5
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (62%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (31%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (8%)Decision(67%) 2
Nelson — win / loss by method
Record: 19-5-1

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
4 wins, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
13 wins, 0 losses
W
68% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 4 losses
W
11% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
10win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
8 (80%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (20%)Decision(80%) 4
Non-UFC
9win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (56%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Holland
Nelson
24
UFC fights
15
242.3 min · 10.1 avg
Octagon time
150.4 min · 10.0 avg
11y 4m
Career length
19y 3m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Holland
Nelson
406W–118L · 77.5%
Overall
260W–75L · 77.6%
246W–83L · 74.8%
Wins
166W–52L · 76.1%
160W–35L · 82.1%
Losses
94W–23L · 80.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Holland
Nelson
115W–47L · 71.0%
Overall
41W–10L · 80.4%
101W–43L · 70.1%
Wins
41W–10L · 80.4%
14W–4L · 77.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Holland
Nelson
6.65
Landed / min
2.21
45.5%
Accuracy
48.8%
52.2%
Defense
59.3%
0.31
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.10
48.0%
Time at distance
43.9%
Grappling & control
Holland
Nelson
0.87
Takedowns / 15 min
1.90
42.4%
Takedown accuracy
59.4%
53.1%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.62
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.00
28.5%
Control share
69.8%
Strike target map
Holland
  • Head55%(549)div 63%
  • Body19%(190)div 21%
  • Legs26%(264)div 16%
Nelson
  • Head77%(212)div 63%
  • Body16%(43)div 21%
  • Legs8%(22)div 16%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Kevin Holland
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Gunnar Nelson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.